In this week’s Camino a Ítaca a look at an endemic wrong. An ongoing robbery from the people that now looks like it’s only going to get worse. Click over to read the original article in Spanish published in the HOY or read the English translation below. (PDF en castellano abajo) I’ve always had an…
@Jorge Armestar Think Venetian masks and then turn it into a B-rate horror film and you’ve got the fiercely independent Carnival in Montanchez, Extremadura, Spain. Writing for the Calgary Herald, click over for the deep dive into the fun.
In this week’s Camino a Ítaca a look at the mad men (and women) who hope and pray for the end of the world. Religious zealots who pine for the apocalypse and who actively try to bring it about through genocide. Click over and read the originally published piece in Spanish in el HOY or…
In this week’s Camino a Ìtaca I use a word that I never thought I would in the newspaper. Click over to read the originally published piece in Spanish in the HOY or read the English translation below. (PDF en castellano abajo). I often wonder just how many times Maria Guardiola plays that crucial time…
In this week’s Camino a Ítaca a look at how blind the far right is to the meaning of their own words. Click over to read the original piece published in el HOY or read the English translation below. (PDF en castellano abajo) I never thought I would see something like this happen. It…
Welcoming the Virgen In this week’s Camino a Ítaca a look at one of the more hermetic aspects of Spanish culture. It’s a facet that is impenetrable and somewhat incomprehensible for outsiders looking in to understand. Click over to read the original article published in el HOY in Spanish or read the English translation below.…
Sectarian Classrooms In this week’s Camino a Ítaca a look into some Spanish classrooms via the Levant and its sectarian divisions. Click over to read the original in Spanish published in el HOY or read the English translation below. (PDF abajo) I had never seen such provocative lingerie in shop windows anywhere else in the…
In this week’s Camino a Ítaca I take a trip back to the tundra and where I’m from to look at Pope Francis’ Not-Really-Sorry tour of Canada. Click over to read the original in Spanish in el HOY or have a look at the English translation below. (PDF en castellano abajo) I’m from the last big…
It’s the Halloween special here on the Camino a Ítaca. My latest looks at the false rage at a harmless ‘tradition’. Click over to read the original in Spanish or have a look at the English version below. (PDF en castellano abajo). Sacrilege comes in many forms, though I’m not sure that putting pineapple on…
This week’s Camino a Ítaca draws parallels between religious bigotry in two distinct places. The faith trap is lethal to inquiry and thought and is throw about with alarming regularity. Click over to the original article published in Spanish in el HOY, or read the English version below. (PDF en castellano abajo) The world recently…